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Thestius Hübner, [1819]
Thestius Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (5): 78, TS: Papilio pholeus Cramer
Thestius (Eumaeini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 440; [NL4A, 126]

Thestius pholeus (Cramer, [1777])
Guianas, Colombia, Brazil. See [About maps] Papilio pholeus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 104, pl. 163, f. D, E, TL: Surinam
Papilio philanthus Stoll, [1787]; Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (1): 23, pl. 5, f. 3, TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #421]
f. feminalis (Draudt, 1920) (Thecla); , TL: Surinam; French Guiana; Brazil; Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #421]
Thecla pholeus ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 73; [BOW: pl. 69, f. 7]
Thestius pholeus ; [EBW]; [NL4A, #421]

Thestius selina (Hewitson, 1869)
Brazil(Pará), Ecuador. See [About maps] Thecla selina Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 118, pl. 50, f. 255, TL: Brazil, Pará
Thecla selina ; [BOW: pl. 69, f. 7 (text)]
Thestius selina ; [NL4A, #422]

Thestius meridionalis (Draudt, 1870)
Brazil, Colombia. See [About maps] Thecla meridionalis Draudt, 1870; , TL: Brazil; Colombia
Thestius meridionalis ; [NL4A, #423]

Thestius epopea (Hewitson, 1870)
Ecuador, Peru. See [About maps] Thecla epopea Hewitson, 1870; Equat. Lepid. Buckley (4): 61, TL: Ecuador
Thecla confusa Lathy, 1936; (preocc. Jörgensen, 1934), TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #424]
Thecla epopea ; Hewitson, 1874, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (6): 168, pl. 66, f. 472-474; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 69
Thestius epopea ; [NL4A, #424]

Thestius sp.
Peru. See [About maps] Thestius sp. ; Robbins, MS, [NL4A, #425]

Thestius sp.
Ecuador. See [About maps] Thestius sp. ; Robbins, MS, [NL4A, #426]

Thestius azaria (Hewitson, 1867)
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Thecla azaria Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 87, pl. 34, f. 65-66
Lamprospilus azaria ab. decyanea Lathy, 1932; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 9 : 182, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #427]
decyanea ; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 145
Thestius azaria ; [NL4A, #427]

?Thestius sp.
Ecuador. See [About maps] ?Thestius sp. ; Robbins, MS, [NL4A, #428]

Thestius lycabas (Cramer, [1777])
Panama, Colombia, Brazil(Amazon). See [About maps] Papilio lycabas Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): pl. 117, f. E, TL: Surinam
Thecla ocrida Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 5, TL: Brazil
= ; [NL4A, #429]
Thecla ocrida ; Hewitson, 1869, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 124, pl. 48, f. 233-234
Thecla lycabas ; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 37]
Thestius lycabas ; ; [NL4A, #429]

Thestius sp.
Panama. See [About maps] Thestius sp. ; Robbins, MS, [NL4A, #430]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea


Some related literature:
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Godman & Salvin, [1887]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1865; Hewitson, 1867; Hewitson, 1869; Hewitson, 1874
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 36pp
Hewitson, 1870
Equatorial Lepidoptera collected by Mr Buckley Equat. Lepid. Buckley (1): 1-16, (2): 17-32, (3): 33-48, (4): 49-80 (1870), (5): 81-96 (1877)
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Johnson, 1991
Types of neotropical Theclinae (Lycaenidae) in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 142-157
Lathy, 1932
The genus Lamprospilus (Lepidoptera) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 9 : 180-182
Stoll, [1787]
Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (1): 1-42, pl. 1-8 (1787), (2-5): 43-184, pl. 9-42 (1790)


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